Really like a new laptop I picked up. :) It's a 2020 Dell Inspiron 15.6" with touchscreen. It's got a 1TB SSD and 24 GB DDR4 RAM with a 500 GB external hard drive thrown in. That thing starts up in only seconds. Like the solid state drive a lot. It's got the latest wifi. Was curious and did a speed test between 2g and 5g. Speed for 2g wifi was about 40 mbps. Speed for 5g connection was 111 mbps, quite a difference. I'm running 5g on pretty much everything that can run it.

Wednesday - We're supposed to have a pretty serious weather system coming up our way today, making contact here around 4 this afternoon. Seems like it's time for me to get more gas for the snow blower and check to see if we have enough calcium chloride, too.

Day four of missing bolts and rations are getting almost as low as moral amongst the troops. If reinforcements don't arrive soon, I fear all will be lost. We remain strong in spite of the hardships, however.

My wife won't allow herself to sleep, she plays on her phone, won't let me drive how I want, and doesn't approve of anything I would put on the radio. It's like diving alone but without entertainment.

I love her but flying is much more enjoyable.

Short drives would be similar to that for me. Not always on her phone, but telling me when to go, when to stop and generally judging me and everyone else on the road. So, I'd much rather take a long ride than a short one.

Had an inch and a half followed by pouring rain. So slushy/liquified that I didn't bother to pull out the snowblower but it was the heaviest inch and a half I've ever moved. Would have left it except we're leaving for California on Sunday and tonight temps are falling way below freezing and will stay there for a several days. All that slush would have been hard glare ice for the cat feeders and delivery people. Glad I cleared it as warm temps melted the remnants but my lower back is not my friend right now.